The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost. Two men in aprons carry a heavy pot between them on a pole at an outdoor aid relief kitchen after the Long Beach earthquake. A large black metal box behind them might be an oven. The ground is strewn with boxes and houses are in the background.
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Text from negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Long Beach, 1933
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